This indicator gives the number of health care providers employed in the profession and working in direct care, by age group and type of provider.
Descriptive information on the proportion of health care professionals in each defined age group. May reflect education trends and/or recruitment/retention initiatives for health care professionals.
Data availability:
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Geographic coverage
All provinces/territories
Reporting level
National, Province/Territory
Calculation
Number of health care professionals working in direct care, sorted by 5-year age groups
Unit of Analysis: Service provider
Denominator
Predefined age
Numerator
Number of health care professionals employed in the profession and working in direct care
Comments
Please note that the available data years, geographic coverage, reporting level/disaggregation and update frequency vary by type of professional.
“Available data year” can refer to data year (for nurses) or to reporting year (for occupational therapists, physiotherapists and pharmacists).